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We have confirmed the participation of the following notable individuals for the convention. |
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Keynote and Special Addresses |
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Mr Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, Singapore |
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Mr K Shanmugam
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law, Singapore |
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Mr Sachin Pilot
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Corporate Affairs, India |
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Prof Tommy Koh
Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore |
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Prof Kishore Mahbubani
Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore |
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Prof Tan Tai Yong
Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore; and Vice-Provost (Student Life), National University of Singapore |
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Mr S Gopalakrishnan
President, Confederation of Indian Industry; and
Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys Limited, India |
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Business and Economy |
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Mr Suresh Shah
Director and CEO, Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC and Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC, Sri Lanka |
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Finance and Policy |
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Mr Jaspal Singh Bindra
Group Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong |
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Mr Magnus Böcker
Chief Executive Officer & Executive and Non-Independent Director, Singapore Exchange |
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Dr Subir Gokarn
Director of Research, Brookings India; and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, USA |
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Dr S Narayan
Head of Research and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore |
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Dr Dilip Ratha
Manager, Migration and Remittances; and Head, Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, The World Bank, USA |
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Mr U K Sinha
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India |
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Literary Arts |
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Media and Entertainment |
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Mr Patrick Daniel
Editor-in-Chief, English and Malay newspapers division, Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore |
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Mr Aroon Purie Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, The India Today Group, India |
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Politics and International Relations |
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Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Principal Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore |
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Prof Sukh Deo Muni
Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore |
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Mr Shyam Saran
Former Foreign Secretary, India; and Chairman, Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries |
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Social Entrepreneurship |
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Ms Sarah Hashwani
Chairperson, Hashoo Foundation; and Director, Corporate Governance and Planning, Hashoo Group, Pakistan |
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Ms Sunita Kohli
Chairperson, Board of Trustees of Save-a-Mother; and President, K2India, India |
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Ms Chhavi Rajawat
Sarpanch (Village Head) of Soda; and Co-chairperson, World Economic Forum 2012, India |
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CII India Symposium |
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Dr Naushad Forbes
Chairman, CII National Committee on Higher Education; and
Director, Forbes Marshall, India
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Mr Ajay Shriram
President Designate, CII; and
Chairman & Senior Managing Director, DCM Shriram Consolidated, India
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McKinsey & Company Panel Discussion and Book Release |
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Prof Kanti Prasad Bajpai
Vice Dean Research, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore |
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Mr Gautam Banerjee
Chairman, Blackstone Singapore |
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Panel Discussion on The Encyclopedia of the Sri Lankan Diaspora |
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Dr Visvanathan Navaratnam
International Advisory Panel, Encyclopedia of Sri Lankan Diaspora |
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Mr J Y Pillay
Chairman, Council of Presidential Advisors; and Chairman, Tiger Airways Holdings, Singapore |
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Dr Rajesh Rai
Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore |
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Dr Razeen Sally
Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore |
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Presentation on Indian Heritage Centre, Singapore |
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Amb K Kesavapany
Singapore's Non-Resident Ambassador to Kingdom of Jordan; and
Member, Indian Heritage Centre Steering Committee, Singapore
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Speaker and moderator line up is subject to change |
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